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RACICE, Czech Republic – Hubbard Hall had an outstanding performance at the U23 World Rowing Championships last week when Alexandria Vallancey-Martinson, Griffin Dunne and Will Geib won four combined medals at the international championship while representing the United States. Vallancey-Martinson, a four-year-old Navy women’s team, won gold with the United States eight crew and silver with the women’s four, while Dunne, an emerging senior in the heavyweights, won silver in the men’s eight holte and Geib, another up-and-coming senior heavyweight rower, won bronze with the foursome with helmsman.
Geib (Portland, Oregon) competed on the waters in Racice, Czech Republic, and was the first representative of the Navy to see the men’s with helmsman final on July 10th. Racing in a crew with Princeton’s Erik Spinka, Harvards Christian Tabash, Liam Galloway from Yale and Jimmy Catalano from Wisconsin, who served as helmsman, Geib and his teammates led the top 500 at the start of their final with a time of 1: 26.77 Meter. In the middle part of the competition, Italy moved up to the front of the field and used that strong push to break away from the United States and Ireland, who moved forward and into second place. On the route, the Americans tried to keep up with the Irish boat while resisting a challenge from German boarding. At the finish, Italy won gold in open water with a time of 6:06:40. In the battle for second and third place, Ireland finished second with 6: 12.84, less than two seconds ahead of the USA, who came in 6: 14.69. Germany finished fourth with 6: 17.35.
The following day, Vallancey-Martinson (Corvallis, Oregon) and Dunne (Northfield, Illinois) were both in the finals, including Vallancey-Martinson in two championship races. The final for the women’s foursome was first place on July 11th. The crew of Stanford’s Kelsey McGinley, Washington’s Teal Cohen, Texas’ Fran Raggi and Vallancey-Martinson drove a fairly easy 2,000-meter run in the final, when the Americans were behind second with the UK team with a 1: 36.11 500-meter opening time versus a 1: 35.16 for the British team. This placement of Great Britain in first and the USA in second lasted the entire competition when Great Britain crossed the finish line 1.86 seconds ahead of 6: 35.66 to 6: 37.52. Romania was over three seconds behind Vallancey-Martinson and her teammates in third place with a time of 6: 40.76.
The recently announced CRCA First Team All-American improved their performance in the women’s eight finals later on Sunday. The same four-person crew was assisted in the eight-person boat from the United States by helmsman Izzy Aronin from Brown, Sierra Bishop from Oregon State, Anna Jensen from Texas, Sophia Hahn from Yale and McKenna Bryant from Washington. Faced with an early deficit, as Germany had a lead of 1: 30.54 to 1: 31.77 in the first 500 meters, the United States fought their way back to a slight lead of 3: 07.18 to 3 at halftime : 07.59 to be won. Inspired by an impressive and powerful next 500-meter piece, the Americans jumped to a lead of four plus seconds on the Netherlands and a lead of plus five on Germany. The United States crossed with a finishing time of 6: 16.69 against 6: 20.43 for the Dutch and 6: 26.45 for the Germans to win the gold medal.
Dunne and the US men’s crew of eight were the last boat to make the finals in the Czech Republic on July 11th. Racing with William Bender and Jacob Hudgins of Dartmouth, Nick Rusher of Yale, Kenny Caplan of Harvard, Peter Chatain of Stanford, Rhett Burns of Northeastern, Browns Gus Rodriguez, and Princeton’s Sydney Edwards who served as helmsman, Dunne and the Americans were in an action-packed fight over the entire 2,000 meters. After the first 500 meter segment, the USA was in third place with 1: 21.91 within a second, while Germany was the early leader with 1: 21.65. The Americans and Italians were the story of the next 500 meters as the United States took the 1,000-meter lead at 2:46.77, just 0.1 seconds ahead of the Italians; Great Britain (2: 47.49) and Germany (2: 47.60) lurked less than a second behind the pace of the leaders. Dunne and his American teammates continued to hold off the field as it turned into a three-boat race to the finish line with the US, UK and Germany. A last-ditch push through the British in the last 200 meters helped them overtake the Americans by a few, 5: 34.34 to 5: 34.55 in favor of Great Britain. With a time of 5: 35.58, Germany was just over a second behind in third place.
This trio of Navy rowers was a member of four of the six American boats that won medals at the U23 World Rowing Championships in 2021. In addition to the W4, M4 +, W8 + and M8 +, the USA took second place in the women’s pair and third place in the lightweight women’s pair at the regatta. These medal-winning efforts by Vallancey-Martinson, Dunne and Geib continue a recent series of podium results from midshipmen rowers at the U-23, when former heavyweight Andrew Knoll (USNA ’19) won silver with the M8 + at the 2019 championship after the Lightweight Austin Treubert (USNA ’17) and his American teammates took second place in the men’s lightweight at the U23 World Rowing Championship in 2017.
Results
Ladies Eight (Vallancey-Martinson)
United States – 6: 16.69 * GOLD
Netherlands – 6:20:43
Germany – 6:26:45
Poland – 6: 30.18
France – 6: 30.64
Romania – 6: 33.33
Women’s Straight Four (Vallancey-Martinson)
Great Britain – 6: 35.66
United States – 6: 37.52 * SILVER
Romania – 6:40.76
Chile – 6: 42.14
Germany – 6: 48.57
Russia – 6: 59.21
Gentlemen Eight (Dunne)
Great Britain – 5: 34.34
United States – 5: 34.55 * SILVER
Germany – 5: 35.58
Italy – 5: 41.99
Netherlands – 5: 42.88
Czech Republic – 5: 52.52
Men’s foursome with helmsman (Geib)
Italy – 6:06:40
Ireland – 6:12.84
United States – 6: 14.69 * BRONZE
Germany – 6: 17.35
Netherlands – 6: 18.80
France – 6:22:58
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